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Melissa Giblon

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Melissa Giblon
Giblon at the World Youth Chess Championships in Brazil, 2012
CountryCanada
Born (1999-08-13) August 13, 1999 (age 25)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
FIDE rating1555 (December 2012)
Peak rating1586 (January 2012)

Melissa Giblon is a Canadian chess player who holds the position of two-time national champion in the Canadian Youth Chess Championships.[1] She represented Canada five times within six years at the WYCC (World Youth Chess Championships). In addition, Giblon is a successful debater, and was crowned top speaker of the McGill Central Novice Championships.[2] She is also known for sponsoring Syrian refugees within the York region.[3]

Canadian Youth Chess Championship

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Giblon has ranked two years as first place in the CYCC, first in 2009 in the U10 category, in 2011 in the U12 category, and then as a top-3 finisher four years in a row from 2009 to 2012.

World Youth Chess Championships

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Giblon has represented Canada for five years at the WYCC, during 2007, 2009,[4] 2010, 2011, and 2012 respectively.

Ontario Youth Chess Championship

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She placed first three separate years at the OYCC (Ontario Youth Chess Championships), in 2007 in the U8 category, in 2009 competing in U10, and 2012 in U15, along with 7 consecutive years top 3 (2007–13).

Ontario Chess Challenge Finals

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For four years Giblon was a top 10 finisher for her grade (2007-9, 13: grades 2-4, 8)

Canadian Women's Chess Championship

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Giblon finished in 11th place in the national Canadian Women's Chess Championship in 2011.

Debating career

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Giblon was crowned top speaker of the 2017 Canadian Central Novice Championships. She was also on the second-place breaking team, making it to the semi-finals. She was second in the 2017 Peel Debates, only following Ethan Jacob Curry.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Giblon Melissa - The Chess Federation of Canada - La Fédération Canadienne des Échecs". chess.ca. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
  2. ^ "2017 Central Novice Tab". Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Local group offers refugees New Beginning". yorkregion.com. 2015-12-10. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
  4. ^ "Sisters not board with ultimate strategy game". The Canadian Jewish News. 2009-10-29.
  5. ^ "2017 Central Novice Tab". Retrieved 24 September 2017.
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